Lovely crowd, and God-fearing -- about time (11)

I believe the answer is:

scrumptious

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'lovely crowd and god-fearing about time' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'lovely crowd and god-fearing about time' is the wordplay.
'lovely crowd' becomes 'scrum' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'lovely' bit.).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'god-fearing' becomes 'pious' (synonyms).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'pious' enclosing 't' is 'ptious'.
'scrum'+'ptious'='SCRUMPTIOUS'

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(Other definitions for scrumptious that I've seen before include "Yummy" , "Toothsome" , "Extremely delicious" , "very good" , "Extremely appetising (colloq.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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